8月9日
Releasing Cool New Stuff Mid-Summer
I just got finished playing with our new PowerToys, and I'm lovin' it, baby.
One of the things that we had wished we had done more of in our big April 2005 release was around customization of your site. Sure, we have a ton of templates to choose from, but with 20 million Spaces now-a-days, we needed something more to make each Space more unique.
Another area we felt bad about was our mobile site. We have a half-decent mobile site in Japan, but we hadn't brought it to other countries yet. With mobile handsets being so different country-to-country, it just wasn't something we could bite off earlier.
Mike announced earlier today some big improvements to Spaces, specifically, in the area of customization and our mobile site.
For those who want to take control over the look and feel of your Space, you have to check out our new PowerToys. You can tweek the style sheets we use, add your own custom HTML part, and even add streaming audio and video to your site. Amazing stuff. Check out
Solomon's site for some stuff he has been able to do.
I don't know about you, but I find myself in situations where I need to kill some time for some reason; sometimes I'm sitting on the bus without a seat, or I'm stuck shopping with my better half and it's not ending anytime soon. What better way to pass the time than to catch up with all of your friends' Spaces! You can list all your Messenger buddies, view their Space, add comments, and even add your own blog entries. Right there from the stiff chair sitting outside the Nordstrom's dressing room! All available today, at http://mobile.spaces.msn.com.
When it came to my own site, I focused on trying to put a creepy repeating video of myself to keep you company. Enjoy!